Online training programme in Pain Management

Due to popular demand JIP announces the online
training programme in pain management. In fact
Dr. Muralidhar Joshi was the first person to launch
this kind of training programme in India in association
with corporate hospitals. Busy and budding clinicians
can avail this unique opportunity to learn about
the successful way of managing chronic pain syndromes,
establishing acute pain service etc. JIP guides
them to start a pain clinic at their own place.
We discuss about the requirements to start a pain
clinic, common pain conditions encountered and
solutions for those problem. Interventional techniques
along with an orientation for imaging modalities
will be discussed.

Keeping in mind varying requirements of medical
professionals, we have divided the online training
programme into basic and advanced courses. Both
the courses will cater to needs of the relevant
clinician groups. The need for division into two
courses arises in view of varied clinical training
and skills. More details are as follows;

Basic Pain Management course

Most formal decisions as to the management of pain are made by doctors, it has been obvious for a long time that medical undergraduate teaching on the subject of pain leaves much to be desired. To fulfill this lacuna an outline of curriculum on pain for medical schools has been created by International Association for Study of Pain. Our course is based on these guidelines set by the International Body with necessary modification to make it more interesting and practicable.

COURSE CONTENTIntroduction and overview

Pain as a public health problem

Epidemiology: societal consequences

Economic impact

Medico-legal and compensation issues

Definition of pain

Relationship between acute and chronic pain

Philosophical issues

Historical aspects of the study of pain

Biological significance of pain (survival value) (should also be interwoven into all appropriate topics)

Advanced Pain Management Course (For Specialists)

This course goes into the advanced topics pertaining to the pain managment domain.

COURSE CONTENT

1st month we will discuss about: History of pain medicine, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical history, physical examination, record keeping. For improving investigating skills we have added topics like electrophysiology, to have a working knowledge of radiology a separate radiology gallery has been added.

Principles of Pain Management Course for Nurses

Every nurse should be able to asses and manage pain. This course includes the essential components of nursing education about pain, directed towards entry level nurses. Entry-level nursing education varies between countries and may include university or hospital based training. The curriculum is comprehensive and represents the optimal level of pain education for nursing, acknowledging that it may not be possible or realistic to incorporate all components in some resource-poor countries. This course is based on the Pain Curriculum for Basic Nursing education prepared by the International Association for Study of Pain ad hoc committee in 2006.